Chapter 3. Selecting and Downloading
the NVIDIA Packages for Your System

The NVIDIA driver follows a Unified Architecture Model in which
a single graphics driver is used for all supported NVIDIA GPU
products (see Appendix A,
Supported NVIDIA GPU Products for a list of supported
GPUs). The burden of selecting the correct driver is removed from
the user, and the graphics driver is downloaded as a single file
named

NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.12-pkg1.run

The package suffix (-pkg#) is used
to distinguish between packages containing the same driver, but
with different precompiled kernel interfaces. The file with the
highest package number is suitable for most installations.

Support for "legacy" GPUs has been removed from the unified
driver. These legacy GPUs will continue to be maintained through
special legacy GPU driver releases. See Appendix A,
Supported NVIDIA GPU Products for a list of legacy
GPUs.

The downloaded file is a self-extracting installer, and you may
place it anywhere on your system.